U+21CA "⇊" Downwards Paired Arrows Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⇊
U+21CA "⇊" Downwards Paired Arrows is a typographical symbol that depicts two parallel arrows pointing straight downward, often used to represent a double downward movement, a decrease in value, or a rapid descent. It is part of the Arrows block in Unicode, specifically categorized as a mathematical or directional symbol. This character can appear in technical documentation, flowchart diagrams, or user interfaces to indicate simultaneous downward actions, such as scrolling or page turning, or to denote a bidirectional pairing in contexts like chemical notation or electrical schematics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+21CA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Downwards Paired Arrows |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Down Paired Arrows |
| Block | Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⇊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⇊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x87 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x21CA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000021CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u21ca |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Math | Yes |
| Other Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |